literary novel or popular novel?
By solrani
@solrani (43)
Indonesia
July 16, 2008 10:29pm CST
hello friends,
one day, you come into a bookstore. you want to buy a novel.
there you are. finally you have to choose.
you have two books on your hand.
one, "My Name is Red," a literary novel written by Orhan Pamuk.
two, "Neverwhere," a popular novel wrtten by Neil Gaiman.
it takes long time to enjoy literary novel, but you can read it next month while keep remembering its story.
on the other hand, reading popular novel gives us transient effect - sometimes we don't want to read it more than once.
so, with the two books on your hand, which one would you choose: literary novel or popular novel?
the most important is, WHY?
2 responses
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
16 Aug 08
I love books and both read literary and popular novel. I don’t go for genre, as long as it is good and interest me is that matters most.
@Angelwriter (1954)
• United States
17 Jul 08
I wouldn't rule either out because of the genre. It would depend on which one looked the most interesting.
